高僧傳 5.4

5.4

後為受具戒，恣其遊學。至鄴入中寺，遇佛圖澄，澄見而嗟歎，與語終日。眾見形貌不稱，咸共輕怪，澄曰：「此人遠識，非爾儔也。」因事澄為師。澄講，安每覆述，眾未之愜，咸言：「須待後次，當難殺崑崙子。」即安後更覆講，疑難鋒起，安挫銳解紛，行有餘力，時人語曰：「漆道人，驚四隣。」于時學者，多守聞見，安乃歎曰：「宗匠雖邈，玄旨可尋，應窮究幽遠，探微奧令，無生之理，宣揚季末，使流遁之徒，歸向有本。」於是遊方問道，備訪經律。

Later, the master had him receive the full precepts and permitted him to travel and study as he wished. Arriving in Ye, he entered the Zhong Temple and encountered Fotudeng. Deng sighed in admiration upon seeing him and spoke with him all day long. The assembly saw that his appearance was unremarkable, and all looked down on him and found him peculiar. Deng said: “This man has profound insight; he is no peer of yours.” Dao'an then served Deng as his teacher. Whenever Deng lectured, An would always recapitulate it. The assembly was not yet satisfied with him and all said: “Wait until next time; we will certainly baffle this Kunlun child with difficult questions!” When An next recapitulated the lecture, doubtful objections arose like spear points; An blunted their sharpness and unraveled the tangles, executing it with ease to spare. The people of the time had a saying: “The lacquer-dark man of the Way startles the four corners of the land.” At that time, scholars mostly clung to what they had merely heard and seen. An then sighed, saying: “Although the ancestral masters are distant, the profound purport can still be traced. One ought to investigate the hidden and remote to the utmost, probing the subtle and profound, so that the principle of the unarisen may be proclaimed in this decadent age, enabling wandering seekers to have a basis to return to.” Thereupon he travelled widely to seek the Way, thoroughly investigating the sūtras and vinaya.